Worst Opening Number
Mar 12
2007, 03:21:36 AM
Ragtime. LOVE it.
Sweeney Todd
Beauty and the Beast (I'm sorry, I just love it)
Parade
Drowsy Chaperone
Into the Woods
Assassins
Worst:
well, if you see Chorus Line with a cast who can neither sing nor dance, it's pretty freaking bad...
Joseph (BORING! I am doing the show right now, and we have to stand in place in this like "family portrait" thing for the opening, and it is SO LONG)
The Producers (it just bothers me... I hate this show anyway thoug
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'A Chorus Line' changes for amateur productions
Feb 4
2007, 11:58:26 PM
I saw an amateur production of A Chorus Line that kept everything as it was originally. Unfortunately, only one of the cast members was a triple threat. Most of them were no-threats. THAT was a painful evening...
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re: ACE the musical ?
Dec 14
2006, 08:12:27 PM
A friend of mine did the demo for this a couple years back... it's pretty cool to see it materializing. It's in Toronto now, correct?
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re: 'A Heart Full of Love'... who's your favorite Les Miz character?
Dec 14
2006, 08:09:07 PM
Enjolras.
And on the subject of Grantaire, I think I'm doing a workshop with Anthony Crivello next month!!!!!
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re: '...The HELL?!' moments in productions
Dec 12
2006, 07:24:55 PM
We're reading Hamlet in my AP English class right now, and my teacher told us about a production that was done here in Vegas a few years ago in which everyone was wearing red and carrying a red parasol, except for Hamlet, who was in black leather, carrying a black parasol. I can't explain to you how much more entertaining Hamlet has been for me with that mental image in my mind...
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re: Blast from the Past...STARLIGHT EXPRESS
Oct 12
2006, 09:35:22 PM
hahahaha I saw this in Vegas when I was probably seven years old, one of the first shows I ever saw. My mother loved it and made us buy her the cast recording for her birthday. I found it a few months ago and tried to listen to it, but I had to turn it off about three minutes in due to bleeding ears. ergh.
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re: SPAMALOT - Balcony Row B?
Oct 11
2006, 09:06:29 PM
Just be prepared... you will be sitting with people who think they're at a sporting event... it's a little bit horrifying.
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re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Oct 11
2006, 12:27:09 AM
Daphne Rubin-Vega. I was just watching the Les Mis rehearsal footage on Broadway.com (I WANT TO SEE IT, why do I live in the Western desert?!?!) and... good lord, her voice makes me want to poke my ears out. I'm SURE they could have picked a Fantine who doesn't sound like she has a 40-year pack-a-day habit.
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re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...
Sep 23
2006, 02:25:11 AM
1 - The Producers
2 - Movin' Out
3 - The Drowsy Chaperone
3 - Sweeney Todd
5 - Spamalot
It's a sad life I lead here in the western desert.
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re: Anything good playing in Vegas these days?
Sep 15
2006, 09:19:37 PM
I live in Vegas, but I haven't seen the majority of the shows because I am a lowly high school student who gets paid $7 an hour and my parents aren't really up for paying for shows all the time...
Anyway, Love is supposed to be incredible. I'm seeing it in October and I am PSYCHED...
A friend of mine saw Phantom last weekend and raved about it. She hated it when she saw it on Broadway - said it was tired - but she LOVED it here.
My best friend loved Mamma Mia, but s
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Worst. Lyrics. EVER.
Aug 13
2006, 12:22:40 AM
"Every endeavor I have made - ever"
from "This is the Moment" in Jekyll and Hyde. I mean, the whole song is pretty bad lyric-wise, but that one just... augh. It makes my ears bleed.
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re: If you could have been there in the past, what performers/performances
Aug 10
2006, 02:01:55 AM
Patti in Evita. AHH.
Colm Wilkinson as Valjean (I know, not so distant, but still).
Ditto Julie Andrews in anything. I love her so much.
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re: Wife and I are visiting NYC next week... what should we see?
Aug 10
2006, 01:57:07 AM
Judging by your tastes, I would say "Drowsy Chaperone." But I do have to reiterate the suggestion of "Sweeney Todd" - it's absolutely amazing, extremely inventive with a RIDICULOUSLY talented cast. It would be a great way to expand your horizons a bit.
But otherwise, Drowsy is great!
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re: Les Miserables Symphonic Recording Question
Aug 2
2006, 09:21:12 PM
I hate this recording SO much, except for Michael Ball and Anthony Warlowe. Kaho Shimada is terrible... besides the fact that she doesn't interpret the lyrics (I understand that she learned the words for the recording, but what was the point of that?), her voice just isn't good. And Tracey Shayne makes my ears hurt. And Gary Morris... ugh.
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re: Do you ever leave a show during intermission?
Aug 2
2006, 09:16:53 PM
I saw "Titus Andronicus" at the Globe in England and a bunch of people with our group left at intermission because we had standing tickets and we had been walking ALL day and everyone felt like they were going to die, but a few of us decided to be hardcore and stay because we assumed the second act would be shorter. Sadly, it was not, and I'm still not sure how I managed to stand for three and a half hours of what is often called Shakespeare's worst play...
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re: What shows should I see
Jul 24
2006, 12:15:11 AM
PLEASE see Sweeney. It's such a great theatrical experience (as cheesy as that sounds lol). It's just incredibly inventive and entertaining. It's worth it for the entire ensemble, too, not just Patti. 
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re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Jul 22
2006, 10:53:08 PM
Mabel Modrono (MOVIN' OUT) two days ago at the dance store I work at in Vegas where I fit her in pointe shoes. (Ahh!)
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re: Chenoweth? 'Running With Scissors'?
Jul 16
2006, 01:00:58 AM
I am SO psyched for this movie. Just had to say it.
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re: Drowsy CD.. what do you think?
Jun 24
2006, 09:27:07 PM
I'm just glad that there's one "WHAAAT?" on there...
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re: The Most Embarassing Thing You've Ever Had To Do Onstage?
Jun 20
2006, 03:00:55 AM
When I was in 8th grade, we did this play called The Crane Wife in which I played The Crane Wife (my one and only title role... sigh), and I had to come onstage in the beginning wearing a "crane head" (made out of chickenwire and paper-maiche) and flapping my arms. Yeah... that was bad.
My first dance show freshman year (I go to a performing arts school)... well, my teacher was a little bit crazy... we did this dance to a Santana song, and it was kind of Spanishy and we were wearing re
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